1980 Concourse Dr., #200

San Jose, CA 95131, USA

1980 Concourse Dr., #200

Next-Generation Semiconductor Equipment Company


Empowering customers to unlock maximum performance from every chip, wafer, panel, and substrate.

About Samba

Founded in 2023 in Silicon Valley by serial successful entrepreneurs, Samba is building best-in-class equipment for advanced semiconductor packaging. Our mission: Lead the next era of semiconductor manufacturing with innovative tools that deliver >2X productivity and >2X cost-of-ownership advantage over traditional systems.

Leadership Team

Bringing together decades of expertise from some of the world’s most innovative companies in semiconductor industry. Our team combines deep technical knowledge with proven operational excellence. This unique blend of semiconductor equipment and wafer manufacturing technology experience positions us to drive breakthrough solutions and deliver value to our customers.

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CEO Ravi Mullapudi CFO / CAO Philip Thach Product BUs C&F, Tech Dev Stephen Sava Teruo Sasagawa VP Hardware Engineering Vijay Venugopal Controls & Software Manohar Korlapati Manufacturing/ Operations (TBD- RM) India Operations Sasi Shanmugam Finance, Accounting, Treasury & Budget HR & Payroll Legal, Admin, IT & Logistics Etch Shibu Gangadharan VP Strategic Projects (CVD, ALD) Puneet Yadav PVD (TBD- RM) VP Applications Development Shyam Ramalingam David De Leon Mikey Sasagawa India Engineering India SW +EE teams Supply Chain Kent Bernhardt India Operations team

Vision

To lead the next era of semiconductor manufacturing with best-in-class equipment, enabling customers to deliver more performance from every chip, wafer, panel, and substrate.

Samba’s Product Portfolio

Valentis Etch

Valentis is engineered to deliver 2–3× productivity and 2× cost advantage redefining performance benchmarks for advanced packaging

Product Pipeline

PVD

CVD

ALD

Why Samba?

Samba Solutions combines seasoned leadership and deep industry expertise to deliver a disruptive solution for an underserved $25B+ market. With strong customer engagement and a robust global supply chain strategy, the company accelerates innovation and roadmap execution. Its agile, cost‑effective approach enables rapid experimentation, faster time‑to‑market, and streamlined integration of new ideas. Flexible R&D and manufacturing capabilities ensure adaptability to dynamic requirements while driving efficient, scalable innovation.

Our Core Values

These values guide how we make decisions, treat one another, and serve our customers

  • Customer First
    We succeed only when our customers do. Their success is our north star.
  • Mutual Trust & Respect
    We foster a culture of openness, humility, and collaboration-where every voice is valued.
  • Fearless
    We embrace bold thinking and are unafraid to challenge the status quo.
  • Results Driven
    We focus on outcomes, deliver with urgency, and hold ourselves accountable for excellence.
  • Truth & Transparency
    We communicate honestly, share openly, and operate with clarity at every level.
  • Quality
    We take pride in the precision, reliability, and performance of everything we do.
  • Integrity
    We do the right thing-always-with transparency, ethics, and accountability.
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Careers

Samba is a fast-growing semiconductor startup reshaping the future of manufacturing for the AI and High Performance Compute (HPC) era. We build best-in-class equipment that empowers customers to unlock maximum performance from every chip, panel, and substrate.

We are tackling tough technical challenges at the atomic level—bringing together plasma physics, hardware design, materials science, and process engineering to deliver bold innovation. Our work is deep tech, hardware-first, and high-impact.
Founded by industry veterans and backed by leading partners and customers, Samba is rapidly scaling a world-class team of engineers, scientists, and builders across Silicon Valley and Asia. We move fast, think big, and operate with trust, creativity, and purpose.

If you are ready to reimagine how next-gen semiconductor equipment and systems are built and be part of a company rewriting the rules of semiconductor manufacturing—come join us.

Ready to transform your advanced packaging roadmap? Partner with Samba for next-generation semiconductor equipment.